6/365. Toy Car

Hi Everyone! I was really excited about today's picture. ^-^ Lately I've been reading up on some new different techniques that I could try and I came up with this one. =) I've known for a long time about tilt shift lenses, and that they can make a normal scene look as though it is a toy. =D Unfortunately those incredible lenses, are incredibly expensive. >< However, I found a tutorial that showed me how to take a normal photograph and make it look as though I had used a Tilt Shift lens to take the photo, by altering it with Photoshop. =) Anyway, this is the photo. =D I really like how it turned, out, and I hope you do too!

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5/365 Country Living

Hi Everyone! So, Here's 5/365. =D I decided to try something a little different today. =) I tend to take my photos of flowers, and plant life but I really liked the way the light was hitting my guitar from my front window, and I love those little short cowboy boots behind it, so I thought I'd put them together. =) I thought using a shallow depth of field made it look kinda cool too. =) Anyway, I hope you like it! ^-^

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New Treasury!

I just made a new Wedding Treasury for Etsy. =) It was so much fun! =D It's Called "Something Blue" I Think Everyone Should Check it Out!

I can't find a way to get a picture of it on here. =P Sorry, but I think everyone should go take a look! ^-^ It's beautiful. =)

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4/365 Vintage WALL-E

Hi Everyone! ^-^ So, here's today's Photo. =) It's WALL-E! ^-^ Today is definitely one of those Lazy Sundays that you just want to spend all day outside, throwing a ball for the dog. =) (I actually tired her out! A First! ><)

Anyway, my sister was going through some of her stuff, and she found this little WALL-E toy that she got for Christmas last year. It's funny. When wall-e first came out, I really wasn't sure how to feel about it. =P I thought it might be cute, but didn't think it'd be THAT good. >< It's actually the only movie I've seen in theaters more than once. =P

This picture was a fun one to take. =P I set him up in the front garden which is filled with these really nice colored red rocks and used a really restricted depth of field to give it that kinda cool softened effect, then after, I shopped it to make everything very sharp and vibrant... which didn't suit the photo, so I used a Vintage Action at 50% and a Seventies Action at 50% and voila! ^-^ It was lots of fun. =) And I love it! I hope you do too. =)

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3/365 Fairytale

Hi everyone! So this is Photo 3/365! This is a photo of a small potted plant in my window sill. It just looked really nice with all it's blossoms finally bloomed so I tried to get a picture, but it turned out really dark. ><>< But looking again, I really liked the effect it gave. ^-^ So I shopped it a bit to bring the colors out more, and here it is! =D

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2/365 Berry Tree

Hi Everyone! So, here goes picture number 2 of 365 for this project. =) This picture is just a picture of the berries in the tree in my front yard. =) I just thought they looked kinda cool, so I took a picture, and decided I'd use that for my Photo of the Day! ^-^ What makes this picture cool too, to me, was the amount of editing used to get it to look just right. =) I love using actions to get a photo to look exactly the way I wanted it, and I really took my time and experimented with this one. =)

*PS: The Actions I use are mainly the free ones off of "The Pioneer Women's" Blog. =) They're amazing! So a special thanks to her. ^-^*

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Starting My 365 Photo Project! 1/365!

Today I am very excited to announce that today is the very first day of my new 365 Photo Project! For this project I'm going to take and list a picture a day for the next year (hence 365 photos). I'm doing this in order to force myself to make time for m art every single day, no matter how busy I might be. =P And also I believe that taking pictures every day will also force me to think outside the box as I won't be taking pictures in only one kind of situation, but in every kind of situation. =)

1/365: Baby Reindeer.

I was at the local Zoo and they had Reindeer Babies! It was the hottest it's been all year so all of the reindeer were walking through the water, and this one looked up to say hello. =)

All of my 365 Photos will also be posted on my Flickr

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